Elon Musk tells his side of OpenAI's beginnings in trial pitting him against CEO Sam Altman
Elon Musk, left, gestures as he walks through a hallway inside the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Elon Musk took the stand for the second day Wednesday in the landmark trial that pits the world's richest man against Sam Altman, a fellow OpenAI co-founder he accuses of betraying promises to keep the company as a nonprofit dedicated to humanity's benefit.
The trial centers on the 2015 birth of the ChatGPT maker as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. It started Monday and is expected to last about three weeks.
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